Email Greetings That Get Read

Email Greetings That Get ReadEmail Greetings That Get ReadAccording to BusinessInsider.com, the average employee allocates about 25 percent of his day to slogging through hundreds of emails. While some people need a brush up onbasic email etiquette, others make mistakes simply because theyre overwhelmed with the sheer volume of communications. During your job search, youll likely send many, many emails, including cover letters, thank you notes, and messages to job search-related connections. Take the time to avoid making embarrassing errors, such as misspelling someones anthroponym, and make sure to write notes that get a response. Start With a Professional Greeting Strive for clarity in your subject line.Choose something direct that identifies the purpose of your email, like meeting time changed or quick query about your proposal. Avoid dangling a carrot with a teaser like I need to inform you... that tries to lure the reading into open the email to get at your intention. People often decide whether to open an email based on the subject line, so choose one that clearly states your purpose. Use a professional greeting.Include anappropriate greetingfor the circumstances and recipient. Certain greetings work in an email but are not used in a regular letterwhile some greetings work for both. Choose a greeting based on how well you know the person to whom you are writing and the type of message you are sending. For example, if you write to someone you know, Hi Jim is appropriate. Dear Mr./Ms. Smith would be appropriate when applying for a job or writing a business letter. Avoid opening an email with hey which sounds very informal and generally not used in the workplace. Also, shy away from Hi folks or Hi guys, even if the nature of your email is relaxed. Greeting Examples Dear First name Last name(this works well if you dont know the gender of the person youre writing to)Dear First name(when emailing someone you know)Hi First name(When emailing someone you know)Dear Mr./Ms. Last nameDear Mr./Ms. First name Last nameDear Dr. Last nameTo Whom It May ConcernDear Human Resources ManagerDear Hiring Manager Use the proper punctuation after your greeting. For more formal emails, use a semi-colon after the name. For people you know or more casual correspondence, use a comma after the greeting name. Avoid Common Errors When writing an email, the following errors happen sometimes when people rush to dash off a message quickly. Take the time to review your message and perform the following steps. Add the email address last.If you dont have the vorkaufsrecht to unsend an email, add the address last if youtend to have a quick trigger finger. Insert the recipients name only when youre sure your email is ready to go.Avoid the old reply all error.Watch your trigger finger when hitting Reply All. Consider whether everyone on the list really needs to read what you have to say. Also, be mindful of older emails in the chain that you might not want so meone on the Reply All list to see.Go easy on the humor.Humor can be hard to discern in an email since your tone wont necessarily shine through. Without body language, facial expression, or cadence, humor can fall flat or even unintentionally insult a reader. Play it safe and leave it out. Proofread.Dont make the mistake of thinking that people will forgive typos in informal emails or that mistakes will be tolerated if youre typing on your phone. You may be judged harshly by mistakes in your email, especially if theyre rampant. Dont rely on a spellchecker which can often choose the wrong word for you. Proofread your emails just like you would any important document. In particular, always check and double-check that youve spelled peoples names correctly.Dont use emojis or emoticons. More and more, email messages have started to resemble text messages. Workplace messages now sometimes include thumbs-up emojis or smiley faces.Even though theyre becoming more common,avoid emojis and emo ticons in formal correspondence. If your email greeting includes a persons last name, thats a sure sign you should leave off emojis and emoticons. Remember that email lasts forever.Think twice before emailing something personal or confidential, firing someone via email, disparaging someone, or answering with anger. Even deleted emails can be resurrected from data backups. Those kinds of interactions might better be done in person. Apply the 24-hour rule. If youre not sure whether you should send the message, wait until the next day to decide. Another good rule of thumb Dont write anything in an email that you wouldnt be willing to have shared publicly, such as in a deposition, or on social media, for example.

US Unemployment Rate - A Look Back

US Unemployment Rate - A Look BackUS Unemployment Rate - A Look BackUS Unemployment Rate A Look BackSince early 2014, the US unemployment rate has seen a slow and steady decline.According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), in January of that year the US unemployment rate was 6.6 percent. Since then, the US unemployment rate has steadily been on the decline.In December 2014, the national unemployment rate was at 5.6 percent, marking the lowest unemployment rate since June 2008. Later in the year, the number of unemployed individuals in the United States dropped by 383,000.In the first half of 2015, the national unemployment rate ranged between 5.3 and 5.7 percent.Effects of the Recession on the USThe negative impact of the 2008 recession on the US labor economy has been well-documented. During what become known as the Great Recession, many companies were forced to reduce employee hours, downsize their workforce or implement hiring freezes. Since that difficult economic period, many industries have recovered, with some industries working at full capacity.Lowering the Unemployment RateSeveral industries have thrived and are likely to continue to thrive, even through a difficult economic period. The healthcare industry is one of the top markets for those seeking employment as Baby Boomers continue to age and require more intensive medical attention.In fact, the BLS projects that the healthcare industry will add the highest number of jobs among all industries. Between 2012 and 2022, healthcare jobs are projected to increase by 10.8 percent, which translates to 15.6 million jobs.Industry Growth and DeclineAdditional industries at the top of the list of projected job growth include retail workers, office and administrative support professionals, food preparation and service, customer service and transportation, according to the BLS. On the other side of the spectrum are employment projections that the BLS sees slowing down, including manufacturing, Federal gove rnment jobs, agriculture and utilities. The BLS projects the overall labor force participation rate is projected to decline from 63.7 percent in 2012 to 61.6 percent in 2022, continuing the trend from the past decade. Slower labor force growth is expected to limit qualifikation economic growth, impacting the rate of growth of the gross domestic product (GDP) through 2022.Advancement in TechnologyAnother industry that is on the rise and shows no signs of slowing down is the field of technology. Computer programmerjobs should increase by about 8 percent by 2022, while software developers are projected to see an increase of 22 percent by the same year. Engineers are also consistently sought after by companies around the world, with a higher than average growth rate across most of the sub-specialties.A fast-growing sub-sector within engineering is civil engineering, which plays a crucial role in the design and construction of large construction projects within city planning, including t he planning of roads, tunnels, dams and bridges as well as systems for water supply and sewage treatment.

Programmers You Should Follow on Twitter

Programmers You Should Follow on TwitterProgrammers You Should Follow on TwitterRegardless of what platforms you work with or which programming language you use, Twitter can be a useful resource for finding experts in your field who share tricks of the trade, job openings, and the latest news and trends. If you are new to Twitter and hoping to use it to make contacts or find a programming job, check out our article on Using Twitter to Advance Your IT Career. Otherwise, check out the 18 programmers below that you should follow on Twitter. Bryan OSullivan Bryan (bos31337) is the author of Real World Haskell and co-author of Mercurial The Definitive Guide, both published by OReilly. He also co-authored The Jini Specification. He is Engineering Director at Facebook where he manages the Developer Efficiency team, and he lectures at Stanford University. Jeff Atwood Jeff (codinghorror) is Co-founder of stackoverflow.com and stackexchange.com. While his profile includes the disclaime r that he has no idea what hes talking about, 82,000 followers might disagree. His blog post on The Future of Markdown urges better standardization and lists needed tweaks for the Markdown language. Vanessa Hurst Vanessa (DBNess) describes herself as a coder and lifetime Girl Scout She aims to empower coders everywhere through CodeMontageand she co-founded Girl Develop It, which aims to provide web and software development training to women from diverse backgrounds. Mina Markham Mina (MinaMarkham) is a self-confessed STEMinist and front-end developer. She was a front-end engineer for Hillary Clintons 2016 presidential campaign. Minas big into public speaking and presents at conferences like Sass Summit, Front-End plan Conference, and Midwest.io. K. Scott Allen Allen (OdeToCode) has over 25 years commercial software development experience in C, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC and SQL. He authored What Every JavaScript Developer Should Know About ECMAScript 2015 and What Every Web De veloper Should Know About HTTP. Alex Payne Alex (al3x) is a programmer, writer, and self-described secular humanist. He is the co-author of Programming Scala published by OReilly and is an expert on emerging programming languages and technologies. Payne was formerly the CTO of Simple and before that helped build Twitters developer platform as one of their first employees in 2007. Amber Conville Amber (crebma) calls herself a codeasaurus rex and is a developer at Test Double. Amber is the organizer of Self.conference, a Detroit-based gathering full of hot tech presentations and insightful talks. Jason Fried Jason (jasonfried) co-authored the New York Times bestseller Rework with David Heinemeier Hansson. Together they founded 37Signals.com, which built simple but powerful collaboration tools like Basecamp, Highrise, Ta-da List, and Writeboard. Facebook and Twitter arent the real problems in the office, Fried says in a perceptive TED talk, The real problems are what I like to call the MMs, the Managers and the Meetings. Chris Smith Chris (aChrisSmith) is an engineer working on next-generation developer tools at Google. Before Google, he worked at Microsoft on the F team. He is the author of Programming F, a guide to writing simple code to solve complex problems, published by OReilly. Jennifer Dewalt Jennifer (JenniferDewalt) taught herself to code by building 180 websites in 180 days. She founded multiple startups, the latest one being Zube. Kevin Pilch-Bisson Kevin (Pilchie) is a software entwurf engineer at Microsoft, where he is the development lead for C and Visual Basic IntelliSence for the Roslyn project. He writes about C and Visual Studio on his blog for the Microsoft Development Network. Kirill Osenkov Kirill (KirillOsenkov) is a quality assurance tester on the Roslyn Services team at Microsoft who also designs their internal test and frameworks. He writes about C and Visual Basic services on his blog on the MSDN website. Linda Liukas Author of the childrens book Hello Ruby, Linda (lindaliukas) received the title Digital Champion of Finland by the European Commission. She co-founded Rails Girls, a workshop teaching girls how to build on the web. Mike Hay Mike (Hay) is the Director of Software Development at Black Pixel. Before that, he built apps for Apple and Adobe- apps you probably use every day. At present, hes Director of Engineering at Ticketmaster Mobile Studio. Pam Selle Pam (pamasaur) is a software engineer with Comcast. She authored Choosing a JavaScript Framework and speaks at conferences on HTML5, CSS, Sass, and JavaScript. Pam organizes Philadelphia JavaScript Developers, a JavaScript developers group numbering around 1000 in Philadelphia. Una Kravets Una (Una) is a front-end developer and calls herself a design nerd. She is a technical writer, and she hosts the toolsday podcast. She speaks at conferences on open source, Sass, and integrating art with code. Federico Cargn elutti A regular blogger about PHP and software architecture, Federico (fedecarg) is passionate about mobile and web technologies. He tweets tech news, insights, and tutorials and is Senior Software Engineer at the BBC. John Carmack This may not be a name you know- unless youre familiar with games like Wolfenstein, Quake, Rage, or Doom. John (ID_AA_Carmack) was lead programmer for those titles through id Software, the company he founded in 1991. He left the company to take the position of CTO at Oculus VR in 2013.